A day in the life of a service dog! | Doctors appointment, escalators, and more!

I love that you show his progress and don’t cut out the mistakes. It helps others see their dogs don’t have to be perfect always. It also shows that all dogs are learning and take time for certain things.

My dog always sat on me all the time even layed on me it was very calming unfortunately Australia public transport denied my permit and as I travel by public transport I had to surrender my dog .. makes me very sad that Australia is such a harsh country on people who need there service dogs for daily life .. the Discusting discrimination on people with disabilities in Australia is sickening..service dogs are the best

For teaching him to hop, get someone to hold a broom out and have hum go over it and give the command "hop" when he jumps, then move to putting it on the floor and even grabbing his vest as a cue to get ready and go over it again with the command (I seriously just started this training with my own service dog for escalators)

Great job! Having an eager dog is a blessing, but sometimes they need to be reined in a bit. Atlas clearly loves the escalator. His face is hilarious, he thinks it’s a theme park ride.😂

My young collie SDiT also sits on me 🤣 That was a great day in your life, it's always motivating to see other teams train, because I must admit that sometimes I just don't have enough energy/motivation to work, and I feel guilty for it ... This is just what I needed !

We've also been working on Mars not just following my family/friends if they're walking in front of me, and he's been making a lot of progress doing basically what you did here!

He is such a good boy!! ❤ I am glad you are back. Ranger sits on me as well! Maybe it is a CG thing.

10:32 this is also another great reason to do these practice drills so we can smooth out any hiccups, the more yall practice the easier itll be for pupper to not get distracted but like ya, give service dogs some room to work folks haahaa.

My golden service dog Finn sits on me too. Glad to see it’s a Golden thing

Loved this video! Just wanted to say, every public place HAS to have wheelchair accessible ways to get to different levels like an elevator or ramp or wheelchair lift so your SD doesn’t have to go on the escalator!

I love my chuckit!

My diabetic medical alert service dog is a ShihTzu. He is retired now since being diagnosed with a heart murmur in December. He is 16, he still alerts at home. He is very sad when I leave without him. I walk with a Walker with a seat so no escalators. Of course safety is very important to me so I never walked on a escalator with him. As a person who is disabled, FYI if there is a escalator then there is a elevator as well and personally I would just take the elevator. Even when I could walk perfectly normally I avoided escalators like the plague n took a elevator. N I personally would never take any dog on a escalator. I would be Too scared of my dog getting injured. Cocco didn't start going everywhere with me until he was 3yrs. Old and perfectly trained for behaviors. I never had a issue with his focus on me. Cocco started out life as my cousins dog. My cousin being in a motorized wheelchair had Cocco who had a natural talent of alerting my cousin of too high or too low blood sugar levels. So I worked with Cocco and I took him to class for service dogs. At 3 he doing everything he needed to do. So we started taking Cocco to doctors visiting, n restaurants and every where with us. Then my cousin got stage 4 neck cancer, he beat it I believe because Cocco was by his side. He had BP issues that Cocco could detect changes. I had moved in my cousins house temporarily to drive him to his treatment's 5days a week. Cocco became extremely attached to me. After my cousin beat cancer I would go back to my cousin's house for visiting, that's when right after getting there one day Cocco handed me my cousin's glucometer n insisted I needed to check my blood sugar levels. I was a RN the only possible effect of diabetes was a headache to give me any clue that I was diabetic. But Cocco was 100% right my blood sugar levels were dangerously high. That's when my Cousin gave me Cocco. I trained Cocco for my cousin but really was training him for me in the long run. My uncle was a very awesome dog trainer and breeder of German Shepherds and he trained all of my dads service dogs for his deafness. Even before I was born in 1966 my dads dog went everywhere with him n to his work. My dads dogs were all amazing. They all understood sign language for commands as well as voice commands. My dad was a head electrician for a very large tire building company and all of my dads dogs were his ears. With a little help disabilities don't have to be life altering. All of my dads dogs were just the little help he needed to live a normal life. And his dogs were all trained to protect my mom and me. His dogs really didn't like my brother because my brother didn't like my dads dogs. My brother had to clean the yard. Service dogs are amazing and I am grateful for having had them in my whole life.

I was wondering about you too and hoping you’re training was going well. Atlas seem to do really well in the mall. I don’t like escalators them so I’m always impressed for the dog that too

Hope ur doing well!!❤❤

First and I love this video so much atlas did amazing

Such a great video he is amazing and it such a good idea to film even to watch back to correct in the future I love this channel! 🥰

yes! My dog sits on me too it means they trust you❤

I LOVE THIS!

Hey i have a question for you- how did you (first starting off with his training) balance training the basics and socialization in places like the mall? I havent gotten my dog yet, so im asking all the questions i can beforehand😅 But im just thinking like, at what point can i start taking my SDIT these kinds of places? Obviously its going to differ from dog to dog but for you guys, how did you know it was time?

My dog sits on me too😂